South Florida REALTOR® Leadership Issue - Miami Realtors

Chairman of the Board
Rick Burch, CRB, CRS, GRI
www.miamire.com
List More, Sell More,
Make More
As 2008 draws to a
close, I think we can all
agree it was a unique
year for South Florida
real estate. We saw the
market correction of
the previous two years
continue throughout 2008. As if that was not
enough, 2008 brought us the collapse of the
financial markets and unprecedented challenges
in the mortgage financing sector.
With the beginning of 2009, the future looks
bright for RAMB and its members. We appear
to be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel
for the market correction. Although prices
Residential President
Martha Pomares
ABR, CIPS, CRS, e-Pro, GRI, TRC
Commercial President
Jose I. Juncadella, SIOR
Making a Difference
Increasing member
recruitment at RAMB
and heightening professionalism
in the real
estate industry are my
primary goals as 2009
RAMB Residential
President. We are fortunate
to work in a
unique and exciting
marketplace – and to have access to RAMB, a
global leader on many fronts. Increasing
awareness about RAMB and its value to
Realtors will also be an important focus in the
coming year.
RAMB Premium Tools
Our members receive more than $20,000 in
exclusive, premium tools free to help them
2008, though a challenging
year in commercial
real estate,
was a watershed year
for RCA RAMB, the
most comprehensive
commercial organization
in the state.
Through the leadership
of 2008 RCA President
Tom Byrne, we developed and strengthened
key partnerships with organizations such as
SIOR, CCIM and IREM, all key NAR allies and
prominent sponsors of the First Annual RCA
Commercial Super Expo, which was a major
success.
In 2009, I look forward to continuing the
progress started by my predecessor while
RAMB Leaders Define their Goals and Objectives
continue to fall in certain market sectors, the
volume of sales is starting to show an
increase. As the absorption rate of available
inventory continues to increase, property values
should stabilize signaling an end to the
market decline of the past three years.
RAMB is poised for another year of continued
growth in 2009. As more and more South
Florida real estate professionals choose
RAMB, we will continue to focus its formidable
resources on member services. With the
opening of RAMBHQ.com, RAMB’s 15 floor virtual
office, members will be able to access
information on the impressive array of RAMB
services, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
This combined with an incredible list of over
$20,000 in free premium, exclusive tools and
services to enhance member productivity and
List More, Sell More, and Make More. These
cutting edge tools lay the foundation for RAMB
member success and profitability.
RAMB offers the best education, services,
marketing tools, and resources available
today. Real estate professionals striving to
exceed expectations and thrive in the South
Florida real estate market deserve to be RAMB
members.
International Appeal
Moving into a new future with expanded international
appeal, RAMB has more than 55
agreements with worldwide partner associations
and organizations, the largest international
local council, and its landmark
International Referral Network. Through these
agreements RAMB members’ listings receive
unparalleled global exposure. RAMB also
launched the first-ever international IDX, fur-
adding a few key goals in the coming year –
and welcome your feedback and ideas.
First, RCA RAMB will continue to offer high
quality education and networking opportunities.
We are committed to offering the
Community Series and Expert Series and
exploring both dynamic South Florida locales
and pertinent topics in commercial real estate.
As in the past, networking will be a key component
to our education and events; we
understand the importance of meeting and
exchanging properties in this market and will
make this a priority.
Secondly, we will continue the momentum of
this year’s Super Expo while expanding networking
opportunities at the event. We are
already planning and meeting to bring in top
profitability, will enable RAMB members to
garner an even greater market share. With
over 600 educational seminars a year, RAMB
will continue to afford its members an
unprecedented opportunity to expand their
knowledge in a wide array of real estate related
topics.
As RAMB continues to expand its market
reach on an international and local level, we
look forward to the opening of RAMB North
which will allow us to better serve our members
in the North Dade and South Broward
areas.
As members of RAMB, we are in an enviable
position to utilize our extraordinary resources
to List More, Sell More and Make More in
2009.
ther promoting members and their listings
abroad.
Professionalism
REALTORS ® are raising their level of professionalism
through training and experience to
better serve consumers, and are demonstrating
their versatility and breadth of expertise in
a changing marketplace, according to 2008
National Association of REALTORS ® Member
Profile.
RAMB offers more than 600 seminars each
year – and many are free to RAMB members.
We also offer award-winning programs that
empower Realtors with the knowledge and
skills required in an ever-changing real estate
market.
I look forward to serving as your leader and
working with you all in 2009!
experts to not only inform you on various subjects
but also to motivate, inspire and provide
the types of seminars to bring your business
to the next level.
Thirdly, we want to explore new member services
that will help you in your business. Areas
that we are looking into include new marketing
platforms to list and find commercial properties,
additional research on a local and
national level, and expanded partnerships.
Lastly, the partnerships mentioned previously
will continue to be important. The successful
Landlord & Tenant Representation elective
class with SIOR in 2008 will be followed up
with the designation coming to South Florida
in the first half of 2009.
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